Bank-protecting device



May 15, 1928. 1,669,540

C. M. SMART BANK PROTECTING DEVICE Filed March 17, 1937 Ami/Wm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARROLL M. SMART, 03 DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

BANK-PROTECTING DEVICE.

Application filed March 17, 1927. Serial No. 176,183.

This invention relates to bank protecting devices, and the object of the'invention is to provide a means for passing articles through a bank tellers window without exposing the teller to robbery by persons on the outside of the window.v

A further object of the invention is to provide a tellers window of the character described backed up with bullet-proof glass and arranged so that a gun cannot be inserted through any part of the window opening.

A further object of the invention is to provide a rotatable table or deal tray by which articles may be passed from the exterior to the interior. of the tellers window, the tellers window extending in close proximity to the upper edge of the deal tray.

Another object of the invention is to provide a deal tray having partitions dividing the tray into compartments, the partitions preventing the use of a gun between the lower edge of the bullet-proof window and the bottom of the tray.

These objects and the several novel features of the invention are hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and the preferred form of construction by which these objects are attained is shown in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is an elevation of a tellers window equipped with my bank protecting device. F Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section through an alternative form of construction.

As shown in Fig. 2 a. housing 1 is provided which is formed from east bronze and is secured on the usual shelf provided at the tellers window. This bronze housing, as shown in Fig. 3, is of sufficient depth to re ceive the rotatable table or deal tray 2. The deal tray 2 is also formed of cast bronze and the bronze in both the housing and tray is sufliciently soft so that a bullet will tend to embed therein rather than. glance 0E. The deal tray is set into an opening in the housing 1 so that the upper edge of the deal tray is flush with the upper surface of the housing. A channel 3 extends across the upper surface of the housing and is adapted to receive a bullet-proof glass panel'i. A stem 5 is secured to the center of the channel3 and extends downwardly through aboss provided therefor in the deal tray 2 and is supported at the bottom in a member 6 shown in Fig. 3. A ball thrust bearing 7 is.positioned between the deal tray and the member 6 so that the deal tray is freely rotatable about the stem 5. The channel .3 is secured at the opposite ends to the upper surface of the housing 1. In the form shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3a bronze wicket 8 is provided in frontof the tellers window and the bullet-proof glass 4: is mounted behind the wicket 8 in the bronze channel 3 which encloses the bullet-proof glass panel. This from the posts 9 by the spacing members 10 so that when the customer speaks to the teller the teller may readily hear what is said.

means of partitions as shown in Fig. 2' and these partitions extend to the same plane as the outer flange of thetray and are so arglass panel, as shown in Fig. 2,iis spaced The deal tray is divided into pockets by ranged as to just clear the channel 2 and prevent the possibility of a gun being inserted between the bottom of the flange 2 and the bottom of the deal tray and used with any telling effect. a The main pockets 11 provided in the deal tray are for the receipt of depositors money and bank book or checks and other papers normally used in banking. The surface 12 of the housing shown inFig. 2 provides a place for the articles pickedout of the deal tray by the teller. This device may also be used for ticket windows and other places of like character where a safe extends across the top of the deal tray and supports the bullet-proof glass lwhich is apertured to receive a speaking tube 5. This speaking tube 5 is preferably provided with shutters which allow sound to travel therethrough but prevent the possibility of shots passing therethrough. In this form the bullet-proof glass 4 may be a part of the front of thetellers cage. In either case the device is operated by placing the bank book in one of the pockets 11 and turning the deal tray tobring the bank book to the teller or to the customer as desired. a n

Itis to be understood that the wicket in dicated at8 does not form a part of this invention, it being merely shown as one of the structures with whlch this invention may be incorporated, and that the wicket be entirely removed frombetween the may frame members or pilasters 9 so that the front of the tellers window is simply a glass partition which may occupy the position back of the pilasters as shown in Fig. 2 or otherwise as may be desirable. In any event the rotatable tray at the tellers window should have itsaxis approximately in the plane of the bullet-proof glass.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is- 1. In a bank protecting device, the combination with a compartment the front wall of whichis formed of two parts, the upper part being of bullet-proof glass supported upon the lower part, a portion of the upper part being arranged to format glassed tellers window, a rotatable deal trayat the tellers window having a series of partitions and a peripheral flange providing pockets open at the top in a horizontal plane, there being a recess in which the tray is rotatably mounted with the upper faces of the parti tions and flange practically flush with the lower edge of the glass of the tellers window which extends diametrically thereacross, the partsheing associated as to per-' proof glassextending between the frames, a metal member supported by the lower por tion of the said wall and extending beneath the lower edge of the glass of the tellers window, said member having a circular opening, a circular deal tray rotatably supportedin the opening of the metal member and having a series of vertical partitions and a peripheralflange, the upper edge of which is substantially flush with the top surface of the metal member, a channel member extending across the OPGIHDgOI said metal member supporting the lower.

edge of the glass of the tellers window, the

upper edge of the said partitions rising in close relation with the said channel and defining pockets open at the top in a horizontal plane permitting articles to be moved from one side of the tellers window to the other beneath the said channel.

3. Ina bank protecting device, the combination with a partition having a tellers window therein, said window having a bullet-proof glass portion, a metal member positioned beneath the loweredge of'the glass, a channel member extending across the metal member in which the glass edge rests,

said member having a circular aperture, a

circular tray rotatably mounted in the said aperture, a central shaft at the axis of the tray, anti-friction bearings for the said tray permittingthe same to be freely rotated, the

said shaft having a part at its upper endset into theinetal of the channel, thesaid tray,

having a series of partitions and a pe ripheral flange defining pockets, the up er surface of the partitions and the flange eing practically in the same plane asthe lower face of the channel tending to close the interstice or space between the channel and the bottom of the tray above its axis and thereby preventing introduction of a gun barrel below the channel member, thesaid upper surface of the partitions further bemg substantially flush with the upper surface of the member onwhichthe channel rests. V

a. In a bank protectingdevice, adeal tray for a glassed tellers window comprisinga metal base member having an apertureand a tray rotatahly supported in the said aperture, the said tray having a series of partitions extending indifferent directions and a peripheral flange providin open pockets or recesses, the upper edge of the partitions and flange being substantially flush withfthe upper surface of the metal member, we

U-shaped channel member extending across a the said aperture over the tray for receiving the lower edge of the glass of the tellers window. p

5. In a bank protecting device, the oombination with a partition including spaced frames defining a tellers window, of a metal grille extending between the framesin the plane of the partition, a bullet-proof glass I positloned to the rear of the grille and extending across the opening between the frames and spaced therefrom at the rear providing narrow openings between therespective edges of the glass and frame, a

metal member positioned between and at the plane surface, a circular deal tray mounted base ofthe said frame members having a circular recess and an upper substantially.

to rotate in the said aperture on a vertical for deposition of articles, the upper edges axis in the plane of the said glass member, of said walls being in substantiall the same a supporting member for the lower edge plane as the said plane surface 0 the metal 1 of the glass extending diametrically across member. I

5 the opening in the said member, the said ro- In testimony whereof I sign this specificatatable tray having vertical walls defining tion. pockets open at the top in a horizontal plane CARROLL M. SMAR-Ti 

